Farm Subsidy information
Van Buren County, Iowa
Van Buren County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Breakdown, 2008
Total Subsidies, Van Buren County, Iowa, 2008
Van Buren County, Iowa Farm Subsidy Quick Facts
- Iowa ranking: 2 of 50 States
- 29 percent of farms in Iowa did not collect subsidy payments - according to USDA.
Top programs in Van Buren County, Iowa, 2008:
| Rank | Program | Number of Recipients 2008 |
Subsidy Total 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conservation Reserve Program | 508 | $2,489,575 |
| 2 | Direct Payment Program | 698 | $1,900,556 |
| 3 | Livestock Disaster and Emergency Programs | 105 | $95,439 |
| 4 | Crop Disaster Assistance Program | 58 | $83,880 |
| 5 | Loan Deficiency | 13 | $751 |
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